What Affects Construction Innovation Adoption in Building and Infrastructure Projects – A Case Study in Australia.

Construction project organizations (CPOs) collaborate under a transient network with common project objectives but different corporate goals. It is understandable that CPOs working in the same project might have different perceptions about construction innovation. The respective perceptions have been affecting CPOs’ attitudes and responses towards the adoption of construction innovation. There is no lack of research findings advocate the more extensive implementation of construction innovation in projects. Unfortunately, previous studies might have overlooked how different CPOs’ attitudes might affect the implementation of construction innovation in building and infrastructure projects. This paper reports a study that seeks to understand CPOs’ attitudes towards construction innovation. 17 Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Australia to investigate (1) practitioners understanding construction innovation and (2) how CPOs may affect the adoption. Thematic analysis was conducted. QSR NVIVO 12 Plus software was utilised to assist qualitative data analysis with regard to data organisation, exploration, coding, retrieval of data, searching, interrogating to build propositions and theories, and recording systematically. The results indicate that builders are the key decision making in adopting construction innovation in projects. Disregarding the nature of CPOs, construction innovation cannot be successfully implemented without the support of senior management.